Island



No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

G. HANCOCK.

VESTIBULED RAILWAY OAR.

No. 489,906. Patented Jan. 10, ]L8Q3.

r Ill/11111111 11111. i 4 a (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

G. HANCOCK. VESTIBULED RAILWAY GAR.

No. 489,906. Patented Jan. 10; 1893.

x W W 7%? WWW deuce, in the State of pin E. The contact frame UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HANCOCK, OF, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SHEFFIELD SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

-VEST|BULED RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,906, dated January 10, 1893.

Application filed October 15, 1892. Serial No. 449022. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HANCOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Provi- Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Vestibuled Railroad-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide the car vestibule with a contact frame which, while held against lateral movement at the lower end will be free from th e 'swagging movement of the top of the car and it consists in the combination of t-he'contact frame with suitable pivot bars, and springs, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1, shows the abutting ends of two cars, as when coupled together, and provided with yielding contact frames. Fig. 2, represents an end view of one of the cars, and the vestibule provided with a yielding contact frame. Fig. 3, represents a top view of the connected vestibules showing the upper pivot bar. Fig. 4, represents an under view of the platform, showing the lower pivot bar.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the contact frame, which at its lower end is centrally pivoted to the sliding bar B, by means of the pivot pin C, and at the upper end is centrally pivoted to the sliding and laterally moving bar D, by means of the pivot A is made plain upon its face a, to abut against the contact frame A of the adjoining car. The .bar B is adapted to slide directly back and forth in the guide opening I) made in the platform F of the car, and at the rear of the bar B are placed the springs G, which serve to hold the bar B and the lower end of the frame A in their forward position, the forward movement shoulder (Z, or by'any suitable stop. The bar will thus be allowed to move only in the direction of its axis, so that the frame A will be held at its lower end against lateral movement but will be allowed to move back and plate H, the end e of the bar D being made to bear against the spring. J, which is backed by the spring J, both springs being attached' to the ceiling of the bar D, are placed the springs K, K, which serve to hold the bar D in its intermediate position, in line with the lower holding bar B. The frame ,A is connected with the vestibule, by means of the flexible fabric L, so that the said frame may have a limited movement in all required directions.

I claim asmy invention:

The combination with the vestibule of a railway car, of the centrally pivoted contact frame, the loosely guided lower pivot bar adapted for endwise movement, a spring for actuating the said bar to its forward position, the upper pivot bar adapted for both endwise and lateral movement, the springs for actuating the said bar to its forward po'sition, the opposing lateral movement, which serves to connect the pivoted frame to the vestibule, substantially as described.

GEORGE HANCOCK.

Witnesses: SOCRATES SCHOLFIELD, .JAMES W. BEAMAN.

of the bar Bbeing limited by the collar 0, and 40 plate, and at the opposite sides proper 5 5 side springs adapted for and the flexible fabric 

